Imogen Cunningham
Calla
Found at
Phillips,
New York Auction
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 36
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Passion & Humanity: The Susie Tompkins Buell Collection, Lot 36
4. Apr - 4. Apr 2019
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
circa 1925
Gelatin silver print.
11 x 9 1/2 in. (27.9 x 24.1 cm)
Signed in pencil in the margin; the photographer’s ‘1331 Green St., San Francisco 9’ stamp and annotated ‘Neg + Print made in the 1920s,’ likely by the photographer, in pencil on the verso.
From the photographer to Barbara K. Adelson, Detroit, 1970 | Sotheby’s, New York, 1 November 1989, lot 222 | Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago | Private Collection, Switzerland | Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago, 1991 | Page Imageworks, San Francisco, as agent
Gelatin silver print.
11 x 9 1/2 in. (27.9 x 24.1 cm)
Signed in pencil in the margin; the photographer’s ‘1331 Green St., San Francisco 9’ stamp and annotated ‘Neg + Print made in the 1920s,’ likely by the photographer, in pencil on the verso.
From the photographer to Barbara K. Adelson, Detroit, 1970 | Sotheby’s, New York, 1 November 1989, lot 222 | Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago | Private Collection, Switzerland | Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago, 1991 | Page Imageworks, San Francisco, as agent
A top price for Imogen Cunningham - as previously expected
The work Calla by Imogen Cunningham was auctioned at Phillips in New York in April 2019. The auction ended at the price of USD 350,000.00 (€ 312,472.10), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of USD 250,000.00 – 350,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Calla is the most expensive artwork by Imogen Cunningham that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Die Arbeit Calla von Imogen Cunningham kam im April 2019 bei Phillips in New York zur Auktion. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 350.000,00 (€ 312.472,10) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 250.000,00 – 350.000,00. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Calla das teuerste Kunstwerk von Imogen Cunningham, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Imogen Cunningham - Auction history
